S S P Publishing: 62 books

The second volume of MisHits of the 60’s, this selection deals exclusively with American artists, and is my Top 20 personal choice of singles that never reached a UK chart position higher than No 20. As in the first volume, in my opinion these singles deserved a far higher placing. Includes both...

The legend of lost treasure of the last Inca king, Atahualpa, is guarded by remote, mist-veiled mountains in central Ecuador. Martin Litherland was summoned to explore this region and these poems, linking narrative and photos tell the story, as he and his companions tackle this essentially unexplored...

Why would Chief Inspector Robert Casey suddenly announce his retirement? He had constantly told his colleagues that too much experience was being wasted in the pursuit of budget cuts. What two events separated by almost thirty years had caused him to arrive at his decision?

Penny had lost contact with her father in the months following her mother's death. Now, some years later, she had received a letter from him. Why had it taken so long for him to contact her? The letter would take her through her father's voyage of discovery. It would provide some of the answers to their estrangement, but leave her with a life-changing decision to make.

Here is another of my personal Top 20’s of singles that never reached a UK chart position higher than No 20. Indeed, one or two didn’t chart at all and another couple were released as ‘B’ sides. This volume, fourth in the series, deals with instrumentals which I think should have charted or...

The poet of Richard III and Lost World now recounts his early memories with a linking narrative and many original photographs. Read of a magical trip to Cowdray Park and an idyllic childhood in the Haslemere countryside; of the death of the King, and naughty verses taught to him at school; of life...

The black Eve is the real Eve: the mitochondrial Eve: she who is the mother of us all, no matter our race or creed. Apart from paying homage to her, these poems manifest other paradoxes of religion, evolution and humanity. They reflect the modern thinking person who, whilst having read all the evidence against traditional religion, would still ‘like to see his Mum again.’

The third short story in this series sees ex-Chief Inspector Robert Casey looking back at his first involvement in a murder investigation in an effort to identify the sender of the package which so intrigued him and upset his equilibrium in the previous story. How would his unofficial investigations...

This is a trilogy where in each of the short stories, two people have become estranged due to their personal circumstances. In This Boy, Martin, a successful author living in the USA, receives an e-mail from his step-brother, who still lives in their home town in northern England. This gets Martin...

These three short stories are about life-changing moments in the lives of three fairly flawed and unheroic characters. There is our Steve, lacking self-esteem, but finding Atahualpa’s Treasure in the Andes of Ecuador; there is our sex-bomb Freda with her Damascene moment in York Minster; and, finally,...

A compilation of short Christmas stories for young and old to enjoy. Each tale tells how Santa and his elves help children's wishes come true. The tales all have happy endings; even if along the way one or two lessons are learned.

Jenny receives a letter from her estranged father, the contents of which would lead her to make a potentially life-changing decision. What had happened to make her father contact her again after five years with no word? This short story, previously published in Charnwood Tales (Panda Eyes Publishers Ltd, March 2010), combines romance, mystery and intriguing supernatural overtones.

What would Richard III feel about his resting place beneath a car park and his subsequent exhumation? What actually happened to the Princes in the Tower? And was Richard really the dastardly character portrayed by Shakespeare? These issues and more are discussed in these intriguing poems about the...

Chief Inspector Robert Casey had been retired only five weeks when the package arrived. The content would change the course of his retirement. This is the second short story in a new series taking the reader through the experiences of a career policeman from his initial investigation as a detective...